Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index advanced Friday to complete its sixth consecutive weekly gain in an extended post-election climb that has seen the GCI hit a series of record high closes.

The GCI has risen 14.75 percent over six weeks with the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 composite index up 6.26 percent in that time as investors have snapped up shares in defense, industrial and other sectors seen as slated to benefit under a Donald Trump administration.

The S&P 500 closed at an all-time record Friday for its fifth straight weekly advance with healthcare and technology stocks the biggest contributors during intraday trade.

Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) ended as the lone laggard among companies listed in the GovCon Index and S&P 500.

On a weekly basis, 24 out of 30 GovCon Index companies registered gains with AECOM (NYSE: ACM) the overall top performer at 9.4 percent and CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) the best among GCI-S&P 500 companies by 2.4 percent.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has promoted Michael Ames, a three-decade information technology services industry veteran, from a division director position to serve as a vice president at the company, FedHealthIT reported Thursday.

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